Euthanasia Laws in Kerela India oppsed by Catholic church

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Church leaders in Kerala state, southern India, are up in arms against the state government's move to legalize euthanasia.

Media reports said the Kerala Law Reforms Commission has prepared a draft bill for legalizing euthanasia as one of its recommendations for legal reform. If the state government, a coalition of communist parties, accepts it, Kerala will become India's first state to legalize euthanasia.

The Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council has publicly opposed the move, releasing statements in the media since media reported on the draft bill in the last week of December.

The council's Family Commission chairman, Bishop Mathew Anikuzhikattil of Idukki, said the Church would use all democratic means to oppose legislation allowing euthanasia.

About 100 representatives from all 29 Catholic dioceses met on Jan. 14 in Kochi, the state's commercial center, 2,960 kilometers south of New Delhi, to discuss the draft bill. They protested the bill by burning a copy of it.

Having read the draft, Bishop Anikuzhikattil said legally sanctioning such a practice is "anti-humane and against basic principles of Christian faith." The commission is scheduled to submit the report of its recommendations to the government on Jan. 24, but it was released to media in advance.

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Update on Religious Riots in Kasargod Kerela

Kasargod (Kerala), Sep 15 (IANS) A missionary school, which was also used as a temporary church, was attacked in the Kasargod district in Kerala, the police said Monday.

The incident follows attacks on churches by suspected Bajrang Dal activists in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in Karnataka, which neighbour Kasargod, the northernmost district of Kerala.

"The attack must have taken place Sunday night or early Monday morning," the vicar of St. Joseph's Catholic Church Punnoor Antony told IANS.

The church authorities found the window panes of the school smashed apart from some other damage.

As the church was under renovation, regular mass was being offered at Jayamatha School nearby.

"We closed the school after prayers Sunday evening. It was this morning we noticed the damage," Antony said.

Police said they had not made any arrests so far in connection with the incident.

"It could be the act of some mischief mongers, who wanted to create panic here," said Ramdas Pothan, Kasargod district superintendent of police.

"The police here are alert following attack on churches in Karnataka," Pothan said.

"We have already provided protection to churches located near the state border with Karnataka," he added.

(Article courtesy of Mangalore.com)